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<div class="field--body"><p>BRRRRRRRRRR ... it’s February and -3 outside, but the winter sun is doing its best to keep our Vitamin D at decent levels, so be brave and have a quick walk. Afterwards you can grab a cup of tea before watching a most delightful film called <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/skating-and-snow">Skating and Snow</a> (1936-1953). </p>
<p>Made by a Sheffield-based amateur filmmaker, K.G. Tofield, Skating and Snow is a collection of four films which capture the beautiful winter scenery and the seemingly exceptional talented skaters in the Sheffield area. </p>
<p>The film opens with scenes of men and women, people of all ages, enjoying the freeze, skating on the ice at the Ford Dam to the delight of onlookers. First two men, and then a man and a woman skate a simple yet synchronised routine. Elsewhere on the ice, four men skate gracefully together in a circle, coming into the centre and then skating back out. Later we see people watching as a man and woman effortlessly skate the waltz but there are also close up shots of two men naturally waltzing together as well. As the low winter sun shines through the clouds life has never looked so exquisitely calm.</p>
<p>Staying with the freezing February theme, although it snowed in York this week, it was only a flutter and didn’t even settle. Nothing at all like the experience of February 1941 in Newcastle, when the city was to experience a record snowstorm. <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/newcastle-tyne-and-under-snow">Newcastle on Tyne and Under Snow</a> (1941) is an amateur film showing various suburban and city centre streets under deep snow with people and vehicles bravely attempting to negotiate them. </p>
<p>As the title suggests this extraordinary storm began with rain on Monday 17th Feb, ’41. It turned to sleet the next day, then for two days it snowed and snowed. People are seen shovelling snow high onto the pavement with footpaths literally carved out from the piled up snow from the road. But transport seems to get through, buses and trams are running, cars are finding the gulleys and lorries are delivering as the community are on the street clearing snow. Looks pretty, but I’m sure it was the last thing a country at war needed.</p>
<p>February has the amethyst as its representative birthstone, which is supposed to signify, amongst other things, humanity. So what better than to remember the 1918 Representation of the People Act which granted votes to all men aged 21 and over, and votes for some women aged 30 and over who met the property qualifications or held a university degree.</p>
<p>Amazingly, around 8.5 million women qualified, comprising 40% of the female population. Good news in part, although it was primarily middle-class women who initially benefited and not the working-class women, many of whom had worked during the devastating World War 1. Women did not gain equality, that is still on-going, and of course the vote for all women was not granted until 1928. However, it was a watershed moment for a feminist voice fighting for humanity.</p>
<p>So, in this year of feminist celebrations I would like to start with showing two films of women making a real contribution into what was thought as mainly a man’s world. <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/hunshelf-gun-site">Hunshelf Gun Site</a> (1940) was shot during the Second World War. The village of Chapeltown, near Sheffield, was home to an anti-aircraft gun site, and this is a film made by Chapeltown dentist Willie Thorne that documents some of the work of the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service at the site, and includes exercises and training with the anti-aircraft gun. Women are sentries, maintain the military vehicles, operate the guns, play baseball, possibly cook in the mess hall and pose for the camera in uniform.</p>
<p>The second film is <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/amy-johnson-hedon">Amy Johnson at Hedon</a> (1930). Amy Johnston was a pioneering aviator who was the first female pilot to fly alone from Britain to Australia. In 1940, she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary, whose job was to transport Royal Air Force aircraft around the country. On 5 January 1941, while flying from Prestwick to Oxford, Johnson went off course in adverse weather conditions. Reportedly out of fuel, she bailed out as her aircraft crashed into the Thames Estuary near Herne Bay, but her body was never recovered. The film though shows a happier time and opens with a shot of the crowd and officials gathered awaiting the arrival of her plane. As she sits on the plane waving to the crowds, she is greeted by the Mayor. After speeches and flowers, the film cuts away to scenes of crowds who line the street to catch a glimpse of this brave heroine.</p>
<p>Lastly, an absolute timely favourite of mine is <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/howway-lasses-0">Howway the Lasses</a> (1977) produced by prolific North Eastern animator Sheila Graber. The film is a clever humorous journey through history, following a cavewoman's attempt to obtain freedom and begins with an image of a cavewoman fastened to the kitchen sink by a chain and padlock. A road sign then appears behind her, pointing the way to “Freedom 1978” – which is then comically appended with "Years Ahead". Her kitchen sink changes over the years, often filled with babies and children until she is finally released. But no, her battle is not won and our more modern cavewoman finds she is now drowning in a sea of apathy. As the sun rises on the horizon, we eventually see the film’s heroine march with a signs, “Freedom To Work” and “Freedom To Be Yourself”. Hmmmm, this was made over 40 years ago.</p>
<p>Still, let us all enjoy this year’s celebration of a democratic milestone and better still, if you go down to the bottom of your garden or walk in a park you might see snowdrops and primroses. Yes, spring is on its way. <br />
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<span property="dc:title" content="Val&#039;s February Blog" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:17:00 +0000ruth106936 at http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.comAnimated Britainhttp://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/news/animated-britain
<h2 class="page-title">Animated Britain</h2>
<div class="field--body"><p>As part of BFI’s Unlocking Film Heritage programme, YFA has added new titles from Yorkshire and the North East, expanding our Animation Collection.</p>
<p>The history of British animation dates back to at least 1904, when it was discovered that stop motion could add illusion to trick films and flourishes to intertitles. Quickly, filmmakers began to add narrative using animation to bring interesting stories and characters to life. From propaganda films of the First World War to cinema adverts of the ‘20s and ‘30s, British Animation began to evolve. The launch of commercial television in Britain in 1955 fuelled the demand for adverts giving British animation a boost, and by the 1960s and ‘70s, more and more artists and amateur filmmakers began to use animation outside the commercial sphere. </p>
<p>Newly digitized films include 10 titles by award winning South Shields-born animator <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/search?field_archive=5&amp;search_api_views_fulltext=&amp;title_field=&amp;field_viewing_notes_value=Sheila+Graber&amp;field_context_value=&amp;field_year_value2=&amp;field_year_value=&amp;field_colour=All&amp;field_sound=All&amp;field_online_video_file=1&amp;field_video_extract=All&amp;sort_by=search_api_relevance&amp;sort_order=DESC" target="_blank">Sheila Graber </a>as well as WWI propaganda film <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/john-bulls-animated-sketch-book" target="_blank">John Bull’s Animated Sketchbook,</a> whimsical stop motion animation <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/little-cinders" target="_blank">Little Cinders </a>from amateur filmmaker Jack Eley, Doug and Norah Brear's <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/pipe-dream" target="_blank">Pipe Dream</a> and <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/kitchen-kaper" target="_blank">Kitchen Kaper</a>, and the martial woes of Chunky Chimp in Eric Booth’s humorous animated short <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/anthropoid-anecdote" target="_blank">Anthropoid Anecdote</a>.</p>
<p>To see more of our Animation Collection, including the first animated advertisement to be made with synchronised sound, follow the links below. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/mr-york-york-yorks" target="_blank">MR YORK OF YORK, YORKS (1929)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/easy-abc" target="_blank">AS EASY AS ABC (1946)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/aero-1961-1986" target="_blank">AERO (1955-1951)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/winter-wonderland-fantasy" target="_blank">WINTER WONDERLAND FANTASY (1958)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/newcastle-co-op-adverts" target="_blank">NEWCASTLE CO-OP ADVERTS (1959)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/new-fenwick" target="_blank">NEW AT FENWICK (c.1969)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/fenwick-christmas-advert" target="_blank">FENWICK CHRISTMAS ADVERT (1971)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/fenwick-newcastle-christmas-magic" target="_blank">FENWICK OF NEWCASTLE CHRISTMAS MAGIC (1957)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/t-batley-faust" target="_blank">T'BATLEY FAUST (1979)</a></p>
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<p>And more about the history of British Animation can be seen on <a href="https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/collection/animated-britain" target="_blank">BFI Player.</a></p>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Animated Britain" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:07:25 +0000m.mccooley106907 at http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.comNorth East on Film Delivery Managerhttp://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/news/north-east-film-delivery-manager
<h2 class="page-title">North East on Film Delivery Manager</h2>
<div class="field--body"><p>The North East Film Archive is looking for a highly-motivated, experienced Delivery Manager to work with audiences across the region on its new Heritage Lottery Funded project - North East on Film.</p>
<p>North East on Film seeks to connect people and communities across the North East of England to their local and regional film heritage – creating new opportunities for people to see and enjoy moving image collections that have an immediate connection and resonance to their lives and landscapes through a region-wide programme of screenings, events and local initiatives throughout the duration of the project. </p>
<p>The Delivery Manager will have responsibility for delivering the public engagement programme, including liaison with key partners, stakeholders and events’ organisers, and ensuring the planned locality-based screening programmes meet the expectations of local and regional audiences.</p>
<p>In addition, one of the key ambitions of the ‘North East on Film’ project is to engage, grow and sustain online audiences. The expectation is that audience engagement through a range of web and social media platforms will be a central tenet of this post.</p>
<p>Duration: 22 months<br />
Hours: 37.5 per week<br />
Salary: £26,185 per annum (reduced pro-rata for year 2)</p>
<p>Please email <a href="mailto:nefa@tees.ac.uk?subject=North%20East%20on%20Film%20Delivery%20Manager">nefa@tees.ac.uk</a> to request an application pack. </p>
<p>Closing date: 31st January 2018 (midday)<br />
Interviews: 9th February 2018</p>
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<span property="dc:title" content="North East on Film Delivery Manager" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:07:14 +0000ruth106889 at http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.comVal's Christmas Bloghttp://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/news/vals-christmas-blog
<h2 class="page-title">Val&#039;s Christmas Blog</h2>
<div class="field--body"><p>Christmas 2017, where did that last year go?! This is a time of many traditions, when families by and large get together to over-eat and over-drink, having over-spent. In our family, traditions are key to the smooth running of a successful few days of over-indulgence.</p>
<p>A Christmas Eve dinner starts the festivities, with last-minute present wrapping. A rather short sleep and then the excitement of opening stockings on Christmas morning as (now adult!) children still congregate into their respective parents’ rooms to open this increasingly expensive booty. A quick check of the turkey and then a gift from Father Christmas is opened to keep you going. Lots of phone call from family from around the world means lunch with all the trimmings is generally rather late, but afterwards the long-awaited opening of presents around the tree.</p>
<p>This differs from when I was a child - we were so excited that we took a torch to bed to open the stocking and selection boxes before the crack of dawn. Crunchie, Mars Bars, Dairy Milk, all eaten before 6am. Can you remember what you had in your selection box treat?</p>
<p>Right, take a short time out from scanning the best last-minute deals online and look back to a simpler time. We have a number of delightful family celebrations for you to watch to get you in the mood.</p>
<p>The first film was made just after WW2: <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/gilchrist-brothers-childrens-christmas-parties">Gilchrist Brothers’ &amp; Children’s Christmas Parties</a> (1945-46). There’s a black and white intro of people milling around and then we move into colour as children sit at a long table with cups of tea, sandwiches, and cake. Most are wearing home-made party hats, as they dance, laugh and chat.</p>
<p>I remember going to a Christmas party organised by my father’s workplace when I was about 7 years old. Very shy and not knowing anyone, I found it disorientating but here the children are all smiles and dressed up for the occasion.</p>
<p>Moving on, <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/christmas-1954-and-1958">Christmas 1954 and 1958</a> is a series of colour home movies showing the McAdam family from Newcastle at Christmas between 1954 and 1958. The film includes scenes of the children writing their letters to Santa and throwing them onto the coal fire. Again how many of us remember our own children doing just that and trying to explain to them the magic of Father Christmas as we tried not to burn their letters? In the film we see children helping in the kitchen, decorating the Christmas tree and generally view the busyness of getting ready for Christmas, including a glimpse of the worst Christmas present wrapping I’ve ever seen! I love to check out the clothes people were wearing and food they were eating and here again we see children having a party all dutifully wearing their hats and looking beautifully dressed. The food looks familiar, actually not much different from now, apart from the lack of savoury snacks that now adorn our tables. Back with the family, on Christmas morning the lucky children receive some great presents including a fabulous American car.</p>
<p>Still in the ‘50s, <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/merry-xmas">A Merry Xmas</a> (1957) shows a family of three in Bridlington, carrying out traditions such as decorating the tree, making mince pies, sledging and building a snowman. It looks cold but it is an idyllic Christmas setting.</p>
<p>Susan and her mother decorate the small silver artificial Christmas tree with pieces of tinsel, crackers and baubles and hang paper chains from the ceiling in the living room and cards on string. Susan’s hair is neatly combed and her pyjamas put on ready for bed. All very ordered, no groans, no tantrums, and no sign of television. But where would we be now without our screens?</p>
<p>This takes us to two of my favourite animation films. Firstly, <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/christmas-around-world">Christmas Around the World</a> (1979) is a short Christmas animation by Sheila Graber in which Santa Claus and his three robin helpers deliver presents all over the world. The film follows their adventures as they cross continents from Asia through Africa, Europe and the Americas. Along the way they deliver presents to a number of interesting characters including a lion in Africa and King Kong in America. The film ends with them making their way back to Santa’s grotto, collapsing with exhaustion into their comfy chairs.</p>
<p>Secondly, <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/boy-and-cat">The Boy and the Cat</a> (1974) was actually the first complete animation produced by Sheila Graber and set in her native South Shields. The film follows the adventures of a small boy and his cat as they walk through the snowy landscape, chase a Robin down onto the River Tyne and meet Father Christmas. Pure innocent joy. </p>
<p>OK, back to shopping and the high street but still with animation, <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/fenwick-newcastle-christmas-magic">Fenwick of Newcastle Christmas Magic</a> (1975)<strong> </strong>is a short animated advertisement based around the 1975 Fenwick's Christmas window theme of ‘Aladdin’ in which a genie tells Aladdin what is happening at Fenwick Newcastle at Christmas. I know many of us shop on the internet now but don’t you just love those high street shop windows. Go on, get togged up and enjoy some old fashioned shopping.</p>
<p>A very merry Christmas to all,</p>
<p>Val</p>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Val&#039;s Christmas Blog" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:47:23 +0000ruth106848 at http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.comTender Brief: YFA's Future Digital Offerhttp://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/news/tender-brief-yfas-future-digital-offer
<h2 class="page-title">Tender Brief: YFA&#039;s Future Digital Offer</h2>
<div class="field--body"><p>YFA are seeking a consultant to advise on our future digital offer to audiences, users and commercial clients and contribute to informing YFA’s plans for creating proactive digital delivery and engagement framework to transform public interaction with our screen heritage collections, as well as positioning us as a proactive and efficient provider of screen heritage content to commercial users. </p>
<p>Full details are included in the brief, which is available to download below. The fee available for this work is £7,500 inclusive of expenses, but exclusive of VAT. A small travel budget is also available.</p>
<p>We expect this consultancy to be delivered within a four month contractual period, and are keen to appoint as quickly as possible following a successful tender process.</p>
<p><strong>Submissions by: 5.00pm Thursday 28th December 2017</strong></p>
<p><strong>Interviews: 10/11th January 2018 – notification of interview by 5th January 2018</strong></p>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Tender Brief: YFA&#039;s Future Digital Offer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:30:40 +0000ruth106847 at http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.comA Black Pioneer Meets His Hero in Newcastlehttp://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/news/black-pioneer-meets-his-hero-newcastle
<h2 class="page-title">A Black Pioneer Meets His Hero in Newcastle</h2>
<div class="field--body"><p>On the 50th anniversary of the great American civil rights leader Martin Luther King’s visit to the University of Newcastle in 1967 to receive an honorary degree, North East Film Archive remembers an amazing discovery of a rare TV interview with Dr King, which cast fresh light on black British broadcast history. Who was the forgotten pioneer who got to meet his hero on that day?</p>
<p>As part of Freedom City 2017, a city-wide cultural programme across Newcastle commemorating Martin Luther King’s momentous 24 hour visit 50 years ago to receive the only honorary degree awarded to him by a British university, North East Film Archive provided archive film of the event from our Tyne Tees Television news collections.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/martin-luther-king-honorary-degree-ceremony-newcastle-university">Martin Luther King Honorary Degree Ceremony at Newcastle University</a></p>
<p>The ceremony is unusual as Dr King wasn’t expected to make a speech, but he did, and the film’s strength lies in Dr King’s delivery and eloquence.</p>
<p>Many of the film reels associated with our news programmes are stored in cans within slim cardboard boxes. On the outside of the boxes, label information lists the content of the news items on film. The box containing the degree ceremony had a brief description followed by the letters ‘Int’, which suggested an interview with Martin Luther King should have followed on from footage of the degree ceremony. However, this was not the case as no footage was found.</p>
<p>The interview was finally discovered more by luck than design. On another box with a date in October, some scribbled notes indicated an interview with Martin Luther King and the reporter’s surname ‘Alleyne’.</p>
<p>The film turned out to be much more than we expected. At just under two minutes long, we were witnessing two pioneers, one a global leader in the American civil rights movement, the other breaking a barrier by being the first black broadcaster on British television news.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/six-five-13-november-1967-martin-luther-king-interview">Six Five 13 November 1967: Martin Luther King Interview</a></p>
<p>The reporter’s full name was Clyde Alleyne, but other than that, little was known about him. After some research, we found that he had joined Tyne Tees Television in the spring of 1967, having worked for Trinidad and Tobago Television for five years, then a short stint with the BBC’s North Africa and American programmes. During his time at Trinidad and Tobago TV, he had interviewed major political figures including the then United Nations Secretary General U Thant, as well as pop celebrities such as the Beatles.</p>
<p>But, what of the man himself and the interview he conducted with Martin Luther King? We were eager to find more information, but we also knew that Clyde had died in his mid-forties.</p>
<p>After more research, we found out that Clyde had been good friends at Tyne Tees TV with legendary broadcaster and author Bob Langley.</p>
<p>This month Bob paid a visit to the Archive along with a news crew from ITV Tyne Tees to record an interview about the Martin Luther King interview and to talk about his friend, Clyde Alleyne, both personally and professionally.</p>
<p>Bob remembered Clyde’s reaction when he heard the news that Martin Luther King had been assassinated, only a few months after his visit to Newcastle. Bob described Clyde’s reaction as one of fury and anger that such a thing could have happened. He and Clyde talked at length about it.</p>
<p>Clyde Alleyne enjoyed his time in the North East, but he always felt he was in this unique position as the first black announcer/reporter on British television, a position he felt he had to live up to. He believed that he always needed to be on his best behaviour, an enormous pressure during troubled times in the 1960s.</p>
<p>Clyde also lived life to the full. When he left Tyne Tees, he married and moved to Paris and a job with UNESCO. Bob remembers visits to his friend were whirlwind affairs involving sightseeing by day, dining and nightclubbing in the evening. Bob said the he and wife had to take another holiday afterwards just to get over the first one!</p>
<p>An example of Clyde examining one aspect of Geordie culture is in his news report from the Newcastle ‘Hoppings’ from June 1967.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/late-look-28-june-1967-town-moor-hoppings">Late Look 28 June 1967: Town Moor Hoppings</a></p>
<p>Bob said Clyde was also a man with a spiritual side, linked to his background in the West Indies. Clyde had told him that he had experienced a visitation, which lead him to believe he would die young.</p>
<p>Clyde’s legacy lives on in the work he did for Tyne Tees TV preserved at North East Film Archive, and especially in a short interview with one of the most important figures in modern history, Dr Martin Luther King.</p>
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<p>Volunteer Archive Assistant, John Casey</p>
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<span property="dc:title" content="A Black Pioneer Meets His Hero in Newcastle" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 10:03:59 +0000m.mccooley106843 at http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.comVal's November Blog: Remember, Rememberhttp://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/news/vals-november-blog-remember-remember
<h2 class="page-title">Val&#039;s November Blog: Remember, Remember</h2>
<div class="field--body"><p>There is not a dull moment in the calendar as this time of year seems to get busier and busier. Halloween is over, but it is followed on very quickly with Bonfire Night on 5th November. In the past, we also had to get through Mischievous Night – the evening before Guy Fawkes night – when children, mainly in the north of England, traditionally played small tricks on the neighbours. </p>
<p>It went into decline in the late 20th century, partly as a reaction to the Americanisation of Halloween and the glorious opportunities to dress up and knock on doors for sweets instead of just plain michieving, which usually took the form of ringing bells or knocking on doors and running away. </p>
<p>Now I think we jump straight to November 5th. Do people still know or sing the rhyme, ‘Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder treason and plot. We see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot’? I’m not sure I’ve sung that for many a year but it is still there in my memory. And what about wheeling a stuffed guy around in a wheel barrow shouting ‘penny for the guy’. Does that still happen?</p>
<p>Anyway, to get you in the mood for festivities this weekend watch <a href="http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/date-remember">‘A Date to Remember'</a> (c.1952) made by amateur filmmaker Fred Brackenbury, from the Nowell collection. It shows three very diligent children quietly reading and doing homework when dad comes home and gives them a big bundle of fireworks . Well, this is 1952 and actually it is the boy who is given the fireworks. Still, the girls are allowed to have a sparkler. </p>
<p>They move outside to the bonfire in the back garden having put their coats on. Now, I do have a memory from when I was about 6 – we were in our back garden, desperately trying to keep the bonfire alight with mum looking for things to burn, when a mumbled message came from her ‘to put this on’. A coat was handed to me. Well, you can imagine what happened next. Yep, the coat went on the bonfire and not on me. But nothing like that happens here: a bonfire, plenty of sparklers, rockets and fireworks. Just plain family fun. And as it has been a good year for apples, don’t forget that toffee apples are also synonymous with bonfire night, so why not make some and enjoy your weekend.</p>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Val&#039;s November Blog: Remember, Remember" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 12:01:45 +0000ruth106839 at http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.comHull on Film DVD - on sale now!http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/news/hull-film-dvd-sale-now
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<div class="field--body"><p>YFA's new DVD - Hull on Film - is now available to buy! The DVD is priced at <b>£10</b> (plus postage and packing), and all proceeds from sales go straight back into the preservation of the films – so every purchase helps to safeguard more of our region's film heritage.</p>
<p>The DVD is packed full of fascinating footage of Hull, dating from the early 1900s up to 1980. Featuring gems from YFA's collections, films include Hull Fair in the 1930s, famous aviatrix Amy Johnson, the resilience of the people of Hull during both world wars, rebuilding and renewal in the 1950s, life on the docks, sporting rivalry ... and much, much more.</p>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Hull on Film DVD - on sale now!" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:13:50 +0000ruth106838 at http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.comTender Brief: Digital Infrastructure and Asset Management Optionshttp://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/news/tender-brief-digital-infrastructure-and-asset-management-options
<h2 class="page-title">Tender Brief: Digital Infrastructure and Asset Management Options</h2>
<div class="field--body"><p>YFA are seeking a consultant/s with experience and expertise to deliver options for meeting the future operational digital infrastructure needs of the organisation in terms of digital storage, collections management, operational workflows, and access to film collections through a robust digital asset management system.</p>
<p>The impact of changing technologies brings challenges and opportunities to every aspect of operations at the Yorkshire and North East Film Archives – from the continued care and digitisation of our analogue collections, through to future digital infrastructure requirements, and the pressing need for new skills to balance analogue/digital collections management with the expectations of future audiences and clients. </p>
<p>YFA’s Director and Board of Trustees are therefore preparing for a period of significant change ahead. Their intention is to set out a clear vision and overall direction of travel for the next 10 years, from 2017 to 2027, with a shorter term 5 year business plan focussing the detail on the first target objectives for the period 2018 – 2023.</p>
<p>Thanks to funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund Transition Fund Programme, YFA’s ‘Looking to the Future’ project is being supported through a series of interlinked consultancies feeding into the new business plan.</p>
<p>The first brief, which is the focus of this tender, is to undertake a scoping of options for future digital infrastructure requirements and an asset management system for YFA/NEFA collections and operational workflows.</p>
<p>Full details are included in the brief, which is available to download below. The fee available for this work is £13,000 inclusive of expenses but exclusive of VAT. A small travel budget is also available. We expect this consultancy to be delivered within a four month contractual period, and YFA are keen to appoint as quickly as possible following a successful tender process.</p>
<p><strong>Submissions by: </strong> Monday 30th October 2017</p>
<p><strong>Interviews by:</strong> Monday 6th November 2017</p>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Tender Brief: Digital Infrastructure and Asset Management Options" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:37:51 +0000ruth106834 at http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.comHull on Film screenings - plus DVD - 26th October 2017http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/news/hull-film-screenings-plus-dvd-26th-october-2017
<h2 class="page-title">Hull on Film screenings - plus DVD - 26th October 2017</h2>
<div class="field--body"><p>Yorkshire Film Archive are delighted to announce that we’re returning to Hull on Thursday 26th October, with two more opportunities to see our hugely popular archive screening, <strong>‘Hull on Film’</strong>.</p>
<p>Feedback from audiences after our original screenings, back in April this year, was tremendous and tickets sold out well in advance of the shows. We promised to return during Hull’s tenure as UK City of Culture, and will be back at the Vue Cinema, Princes Quay, on Thursday 26th October with screenings at 3:30pm and 6:30pm. Tickets are available from Hull Box Office: <a href="https://www.hullboxoffice.com/events/yorkshire-film-archive-hull-on-film">https://www.hullboxoffice.com/events/yorkshire-film-archive-hull-on-film</a> or 01482 221113.</p>
<p>If you haven’t heard of <strong>‘Hull on Film’</strong>, you might be wondering what you can expect to see. Our journey begins in the 1900s, during the earliest days of filmmaking, and takes us through to the building and opening of the iconic Humber Bridge in 1981. Over 80 years of moving image history will be revealed, including World War I fundraising footage, visits by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and Winston Churchill, during World War II, rare shots of Amy Johnson, and an insight into the work of the Sailors’ Families Society at the Newlands Estate. </p>
<p>Relive the excitement of the famous Hull Fair, filmed in the 1930s, experience the jubilation of VE Day celebrations across the city, followed by regeneration and renewal during the 1950s, sporting triumphs, the heyday of Hull’s fishing industry, plus much, much more!</p>
<p>The big question that everyone asked earlier in the year was "can we have a DVD?" - so 26th October also sees the launch of our new <strong>'Hull on Film' </strong>DVD, which is packed with even more newly discovered Hull footage. Priced at £10, all proceeds from sales go straight back into the preservation of the films – so every purchase puts a <strong>‘Hull on Film’</strong> DVD into Christmas stockings, and at the same time helps to preserve more of Hull’s film heritage. </p>
<p>You'll be able to buy the DVD at the Vue Cinema on Thursday 26th October, between 3pm and 8:30pm. It'll then be available for sale via our website from 27th October, and also from Hull History Centre, the Maritime Museum and the Streetlife Museum.</p>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Hull on Film screenings - plus DVD - 26th October 2017" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 14:53:29 +0000ruth106833 at http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com